Darren Bent

Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Darren Bent

Bent in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Darren Ashley Bent[1]
Date of birth	(1984-02-06) 6 February 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth	Tooting, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–1998	Godmanchester Rovers
1998–2001	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Ipswich Town	122	(48)
2005–2007	Charlton Athletic	68	(31)
2007–2009	Tottenham Hotspur	60	(18)
2009–2011	Sunderland	58	(32)
2011–2015	Aston Villa	61	(21)
2013–2014	→ Fulham (loan)	24	(3)
2014	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	5	(2)
2015	→ Derby County (loan)	15	(10)
2015–2018	Derby County	58	(12)
2018	→ Burton Albion (loan)	15	(2)
Total		486	(179)
National team
1999–2000	England U15	8	(7)
2000–2001	England U16	11	(3)
2002	England U19	3	(3)
2003–2005	England U21	14	(9)
2006–2011	England	13	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He first played in the Premier League in 2001 for Ipswich Town and during the 2002/03 season he scored 18 goals. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, in 2005 after they paid a record fee of 16.5 million pounds. In August 2007 he signed up to play for Sunderland for a fee of 10 million pounds.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ipswich Town	2001–02[4]	Premier League	5	1	0	0	1	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	2
	2002–03[5]	First Division	35	12	2	3	3	2	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	43	18
	2003–04[6]	First Division	37	15	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	1	41	16
	2004–05[7]	Championship	45	20	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	50	20
	Total		122	48	4	3	7	3	8	2	141	56
Charlton Athletic	2005–06[8]	Premier League	36	18	5	2	3	2	—		44	22
	2006–07[9]	Premier League	32	13	0	0	3	2	—		35	15
	Total		68	31	5	2	6	4	—		79	37
Tottenham Hotspur	2007–08[10]	Premier League	27	6	0	0	1	0	8[lower-alpha 1]	2	36	8
	2008–09[11]	Premier League	33	12	1	0	3	1	6[lower-alpha 1]	4	43	17
	Total		60	18	1	0	4	1	14	6	79	25
Sunderland	2009–10[12]	Premier League	38	24	2	1	0	0	—		40	25
	2010–11[13]	Premier League	20	8	1	1	2	2	—		23	11
	Total		58	32	3	2	2	2	—		63	36
Aston Villa	2010–11[13]	Premier League	16	9	—		—		—		16	9
	2011–12[14]	Premier League	22	9	2	1	1	0	—		25	10
	2012–13[15]	Premier League	16	3	2	2	5	1	—		23	6
	2014–15[16]	Premier League	7	0	—		1	0	—		8	0
	Total		61	21	4	3	7	1	—		72	25
Fulham (loan)	2013–14[17]	Premier League	24	3	3	2	3	1	—		30	6
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	2014–15[16]	Championship	5	2	—		—		—		5	2
Derby County (loan)	2014–15[16]	Championship	15	10	2	2	—		—		17	12
Derby County	2015–16[18]	Championship	21	2	1	1	1	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	25	3
	2016–17[19]	Championship	37	10	2	2	3	1	—		42	13
	2017–18[20]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		73	22	5	5	4	1	2	0	84	28
Burton Albion (loan)	2017–18[20]	Championship	15	2	—		—		—		15	2
Career total			486	179	25	17	33	13	24	8	568	217

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in First Division play-offs
3. Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

Source:^[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2006	2	0
	2007	1	0
	2008	1	0
	2009	1	0
	2010	2	1
	2011	6	3
Total		13	4

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bent goal.^[21]

List of international goals scored by Darren Bent

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	7 September 2010	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	7	Switzerland	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification	[22]
2	9 February 2011	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	8	Denmark	1–1	2–1	Friendly	[23]
3	26 March 2011	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	9	Wales	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification	[24]
4	7 October 2011	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	11	Montenegro	2–0	2–2	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification	[25]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• Football League Cup: 2007–08;^[26] runner-up: 2008–09^[27]

England U15

• Victory Shield: 1999^[28][29]

England U16

• Nordic Cup runner-up: 2000^[30][31]

Individual

• Ipswich Town Young Player of the Year: 2002–03^[32]
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 2005^[33]
• Charlton Athletic Player of the Year: 2005–06^[34]
• Sunderland Player of the Year: 2009–10^[35]

References

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35. "Bent: Much more to come". Sunderland Echo. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.